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The Fall Line: True Crime

The Tennessee Does, Part 5: Fragmentation

The Fall Line: True Crime

The Fall Line® Podcast, LLC

News, True Crime

4.64.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Laurah is sick; apologies for hoarseness.

Episode 5 presents the most difficult cases in MNPD's files: cases limited to a single element, or bone, dead-ended by clues that led nowhere, or, in the case of the River Road John Doe, where the decedent's remains are no longer available—that's why we need your help to try and match him with a missing person, based on the clues we have, and the ones we have uncovered. 

Season 16 of The Fall Line takes on our most in-depth John and Jane Doe coverage yet: 22 files from MNPD's cold-case unit, all covering the metro area's unidentified decedents. More than ever, your help is needed to spread the word about each of the cases featured this season, and if you have any information—please, contact MNPD at 615-862-7803. 

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0:00.0

Today's episode is brought to you by Peloton.

0:03.0

This series discusses crime scenes, details from autopsy and skeletal analysis,

0:08.0

discussion of drug use, and references to historic official reports that may use outdated language regarding a variety of

0:14.8

social issues including topics like immigration, housing insecurity, and sex work.

0:20.1

Listener discretion is advised. This is the fall line. Share, share, share. It can break a case. We've been hammering that point home this season that the publicizing of cold cases can solve them.

0:41.6

That by participating, you can be the difference between a John or

0:45.9

Jane Doe remaining unidentified or a case resolution. Anything, reposting the flyers that we've

0:52.4

made, sharing episodes, finding and sharing news articles,

0:56.5

asking your local media to cover a case. It's all incredibly important because it gets the story in front of the right people.

1:04.4

This message probably seems repetitive, especially when DNA has become the focus in the news.

1:10.9

We tend to forget that many, many cases are solved. in the

1:15.0

week week that many many cases are solved based on community tips.

1:17.0

But just this week, the week that we're recording this episode,

1:21.0

that is, the point was proven once again close to five years ago we began our coverage of John and Jane Doe cases with three victims

1:29.7

Julie Doe, Dennis Doe, and Christmas Doe.

1:33.1

All the cases were cold.

1:34.8

And as of this week,

1:36.2

two of those three victims we've featured

1:38.7

have been identified.

1:40.1

What's more, their alleged killers have been too. We've already talked to you about the identification

1:45.8

of Denis Doe as William Deshaun Hamilton. You can check out our update on the case for that information.

1:51.8

But now we can also share that the 1988 case of

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